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Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), PS5, Xbox Series Genre: Open-World RPG Before Skyrim’s dragons or Starfield’s space sims, there was Oblivion—a beautiful mess of radiant AIs, potato-faced NPCs, and accidental godhood via alchemy. Now, it’s back. And it’s not just a slap of makeup—it’s had a full makeover, fake teeth and all. ...
Platform: PC Genre: Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Dark Fantasy, Top Down, Top-down action-adventure odyssey Moroi is what happens when you combine Romanian folklore with heavy metal, dark fantasy mixed with a David Lynch Fever Dream, and janky controls. You play as a bearded amnesiac who has to find his way out of the nightmarish landscape he...
Marvel's Thunderbolts* is out right now, and it's quite a showcase if you're into the 37th Marvel movie that continues the Marvel Cinematic Universe streak of storytelling and superhero theatrics. It is also essential viewing if you want to keep check of what's going on in the MCU film as it ties in to future MCU movies. In this feature, we're j...
In the current landscape where movie adaptations of popular video games are making bank and are doing alright for themselves, a stinker or two will eventually have to slip through the cracks. Be it studio obligations or projects going through development hell, it's only a matter of time when these adaptations don't end up as intended. That's the...
Marvel's Thunderbolts comicbook series is about a bunch of villains pretending to be heroes in what could be one of pop culture's best plot twists kept completely in the dark until its 1997 debut on shelves. Eventually, half of the team end up loving being a hero, eventually turning the fake superhero team legit, with a little help from Avengers' H...
Stop me if you've heard of this one: a bunch of established comic book villains team up to pretend to be the good guys to gain the public's trust, in a world where its heroes went missing or are presumed dead. Secretly, the faux heroes enact their master plan, but most of them end up loving the job of being the good guys instead. While that plot...
"Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things" - Terry Pratchett. Episodes 4-6 - or the second arc- of Andor Season 2 takes place a year following the conclusion of Episode 3. The year was BBY 3 and we follow Andor in a more unconventional assignment. No longer consigned to just heists or sabotage runs as seen in the previous arcs, Andor...
Platform(s): PlayStation 5 (version reviewed), PC, Xbox Series Genre: Japanese role-playing game made by a 30-person French studio, Story-Heavy Last year was a bountiful blessing for Japanese role-playing game fans, as it was filled with a ton of winners and even Game Of The Year contenders. Metaphor: ReFantazio, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth,...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox (at a later date) Genre: Detective Evidence Board Adventure Game [Update: Base price has since changed from US$20 to US$15] If you haven’t already, do yourself a favour and check out the Loot or Leave It? episode on Detective Dotson—especially if you enjoy your detective games with a side of absur...
Sequels which outshine, outperform, and surpass their predecessors are dime a dozen. But when they do, they become important milestones in fandom and pop culture. They redefine an era. They set new benchmarks. Think of The Dark Knight, Back to The Future II, The Empire Strikes Back and The Godfather II. When Andor was first released, we admit, w...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series Genre: 2D Fighting Game 26 years. 26 f***ing years. That's how long many 2D fighting game fans who cherished the SNK brand had to wait for the follow-up to Garou: Mark of the Wolves, the previous Fatal Fury installment. It was arguably one of the best fighting games of all tim...
There are gaming headsets that sound good. There are headsets that last long. And then there are the ones that try so desperately to do both, they forget the bit where you’re supposed to actually enjoy using them. Enter the Corsair VOID Wireless v2—a headset designed for people who aren’t particularly fussy, have a skull shaped like a Corsair...
In Sinners, arguably director Ryan Coogler's first original non-franchise film since Fruitvale Station, he has given his favourite star Michael B. Jordan the unenviable task of playing two different characters: the brothers Elijah and Elias Smoke. Elijah Smoke is the serious and business-minded-slash-responsible of the two, while Elias "Stack" i...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox Series X | S, PS5, Nintendo Switch Genre: Open-World Driving Sim Mascot Management Crime Drama If you’d prefer to see me wrestle with the madness of this game in real-time, complete with questionable life choices and flying mascot trucks, watch the full review on Loot or Leave It—our video series whe...
The video game to movie-TV show adaptation scene is getting way too crowded for its own good. For every Arcane dual-season banger, you'll be getting more trash like the Borderlands movie and middling fares like the Tomb Raider anime last year. Capcom is no stranger in dogpiling the genre with their offerings on Netflix: one is the Dragon's Dogma CG...
Right, so here we are. Minecraft, the block-building, pig-punching, Creeper-dodging game that defined an entire generation of children... has a movie. And not just any movie. A live-action movie. With Jason Momoa and Jack Black. If you’re confused, don’t worry—you’re not alone. I watched the whole thing and I’m still not entirely convince...
Platform(s): Xbox Series X | S (version reviewed), PC Genre: Southern Gothic Action-Adventure Every once in a while, a game comes along that is so visually striking you can’t help but stare at it like a deer caught in headlights. South of Midnight is that game. The moment you step into Prospero, its fictional Deep South town where folklore an...
As far as "mid-rangers" go, Samsung's smartphone entry for 2025 slides into its role like a glove. This isn't new as the trait was also exemplified by last year's model which was above any entry-level smartphone but secure enough in its position to not 'threaten' its flagship-level brethren. In a world where many lean to opposite ends of extremi...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox One Genre: 2D action, Metroidvania, anime Trust Inti Creates to create a pixel-based 2D action game that's part Metroidvania/search action, part linear left-to-right combat and platforming affair. But also trust them to bring in their Gal Gun franchise in some shap...
Platform(s): PS5 (version reviewed), Xbox Series X | S, PC Genre: Anime 3D Fighter For years, BLEACH fans have had it rough. The Naruto crowd has Ultimate Ninja Storm. The Dragon Ball lot? FighterZ, Tenkaichi, Xenoverse—take your pick. Even Demon Slayer got a flashy arena fighter. And what did BLEACH fans get? A string of forgettable handheld g...
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